Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-07 Thread Daniel J Walsh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/06/2013 12:55 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > SELinux blocks "confined" processes, but usually does not block the administrator who is running as unconfined_t, and is allowed to do

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-06 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: >>> SELinux blocks "confined" processes, but usually does not block the >>> administrator who is running as unconfined_t, and is allowed to do >>> everything he could do if SELinux was disabled. >>> >>> Confined processes are targeted to syst

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-06 Thread Daniel J Walsh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/06/2013 11:55 AM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: >> >> SELinux blocks "confined" processes, but usually does not block the >> administrator who is running as unconfined_t, and is allowed to do >> ev

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-06 Thread Les Mikesell
On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Daniel J Walsh wrote: > > SELinux blocks "confined" processes, but usually does not block the > administrator who is running as unconfined_t, and is allowed to do everything > he could do if SELinux was disabled. > > Confined processes are targeted to system service

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-06 Thread Daniel J Walsh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/05/2013 05:13 PM, Wes James wrote: > When does echo 0 > /selinux/inforce need to be used? I.e., where is > selinux enforcing itself on the system to protect it? When I do yum > install of some package, it seems to work (not being blocked). W

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-06 Thread Daniel J Walsh
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/05/2013 05:13 PM, Wes James wrote: First you should use setenforce 0/setenforce 1. Theoretically never. It should really be discouraged. It is like the Enterprise bringing it "Shields" down. SELinux in permissive mode will continue to do acc

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-06 Thread Wes James
On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 11:35 PM, Phil Gardner wrote: > > > On 11/05/2013 06:13 PM, Wes James wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Keith Keller < > > kkel...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote: > > > >> On 2013-11-05, Wes James wrote: > >>> > >>> Why not use some other linux that doesn't use

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-05 Thread Phil Gardner
On 11/05/2013 06:13 PM, Wes James wrote: > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Keith Keller < > kkel...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote: > >> On 2013-11-05, Wes James wrote: >>> >>> Why not use some other linux that doesn't use selinux then? >> >> If it were harder to disable (either temporarily o

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-05 Thread Wes James
On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Keith Keller < kkel...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us> wrote: > On 2013-11-05, Wes James wrote: > > > > Why not use some other linux that doesn't use selinux then? > > If it were harder to disable (either temporarily or permanently) then I > could see someone making th

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-05 Thread Keith Keller
On 2013-11-05, Wes James wrote: > > Why not use some other linux that doesn't use selinux then? If it were harder to disable (either temporarily or permanently) then I could see someone making this case. But it's trivial to disable SELinux in CentOS, so there's no real reason to use a different

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-05 Thread Wes James
On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:53 PM, wrote: > Wes James wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:38 PM, wrote: > > > > >> > >> mark "NOT a fan of selinux, dealt with it far too much" > >> > > OK. Why not use some other linux that doesn't use selinux then? I guess > > in permissive mode, you cou

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-05 Thread m . roth
Wes James wrote: > On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:38 PM, wrote: > >> John R Pierce wrote: >> > On 11/5/2013 2:15 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> >> Wes James wrote: >> >>> >When does echo 0 > /selinux/inforce need to be used? I.e., where >> >>> is selinux enforcing itself on the system to protect it? W

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-05 Thread Wes James
On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:38 PM, wrote: > John R Pierce wrote: > > On 11/5/2013 2:15 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > >> Wes James wrote: > >>> >When does echo 0 > /selinux/inforce need to be used? I.e., where is > >>> >selinux enforcing itself on the system to protect it? When I do yum > >>> >inst

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-05 Thread m . roth
John R Pierce wrote: > On 11/5/2013 2:15 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: >> Wes James wrote: >>> >When does echo 0 > /selinux/inforce need to be used? I.e., where is >>> >selinux enforcing itself on the system to protect it? When I do yum >>> >install of some package, it seems to work (not being bloc

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-05 Thread Wes James
On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:28 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 11/5/2013 2:15 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > > Wes James wrote: > >> >When does echo 0 > /selinux/inforce need to be used? I.e., where is > >> >selinux enforcing itself on the system to protect it? When I do yum > >> >install of some pac

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-05 Thread John R Pierce
On 11/5/2013 2:15 PM, m.r...@5-cent.us wrote: > Wes James wrote: >> >When does echo 0 > /selinux/inforce need to be used? I.e., where is >> >selinux enforcing itself on the system to protect it? When I do yum >> >install of some package, it seems to work (not being blocked). When would >> >doing

Re: [CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-05 Thread m . roth
Wes James wrote: > When does echo 0 > /selinux/inforce need to be used? I.e., where is > selinux enforcing itself on the system to protect it? When I do yum > install of some package, it seems to work (not being blocked). When would > doing something not work because selinux is watching it (or w

[CentOS] echo 0> /selinux/enforce

2013-11-05 Thread Wes James
When does echo 0 > /selinux/inforce need to be used? I.e., where is selinux enforcing itself on the system to protect it? When I do yum install of some package, it seems to work (not being blocked). When would doing something not work because selinux is watching it (or whatever that process is d